Playing the Wii

Tonight, Arin enjoyed playing the Wii with her daddy.  She got him the new Super Mario Bros.Wii game for his birthday.

Pups

The puppies are four weeks old now and we are still looking for homes for them. 

Today, we took them outside, which they loved.  Their tails were wagging and they were running all over the place!  They kept crawling all over Arin.  She said, "Guys, I'm not a feeding girl!  Shirley dog (that's their momma) feeds you.  I am not a dog!"

Arin has named most of the puppies.

LEIF

SELPHA (the runt & Arin's favorite)

unnamed puppy

DAISY

unnamed puppy

FLOWER

SNAKE

At first, Arin had only named two of the puppies.  She said, "When I am 20, I'll know the rest of their names."

Bounce!

This morning we went to the local indoor playcenter.  The girls enjoyed it for the first thirty minutes, but quickly got bored because there were no other kids there to play with.  We stayed about an hour total before heading to the park to meet up with our homeschool friends!

Pregnancy Update: 9 weeks

I am 9.5 weeks pregnant now.  I am feeling really good.  I have been a little queasy, but not sick yet, which is a huge change from either of the pregnancy I had for the girls.  I feel sickest if I wait too long to eat, but a little protein snack sends that feeling running!  I have not been to the doctor yet - that's because I live in a new city and I am still trying to figure out how to have my old midwife deliver this baby too.  It's not going to happen, so I have been stalling picking someone new. 

My friend recently asked for a belly picture. I hesitated at first because, although my belly is getting a bit firm, I don't have a real baby belly yet (still carrying around some extra weight from my previous pregnancies *sigh*).  Anyways, Ruth, this picture is for you!

Puppies!

There is a stray dog that hangs around Andy's work. She's a very good dog, so Andy let her stay. Unfortunately, she got pregnant and ended up with seven puppies! It is freezing outside right now, so Andy brought momma and babies home and made them a nice warm home here. The puppies are little right now - about two weeks old. They have started to open their eyes in the past couple of days. In the next few weeks (4 or 6??) they will be ready to find new homes. If you are reading this and you know us in real life and you want a puppy or several puppies, please let me know!

Quack Quack

While wearing this dress a couple of weeks ago, Ella learned what ducks say.  I pointed to the duck on her dress and told her what it said.  Then, I asked her what a duck said.  She looked down and pointed to the duck and said "Cack, Cack!"

Cloth Diapers

We have decided to put Ella back into cloth diapers.  She wore cloth diapers until she was six months old and then we got away from it.  Then we moved and all of her diapers got packed away.  I am still searching for my BumGenius diapers, which will fit her at this time.  I did find a couple of her small diapers, which she grew out of when she was little, but they seem to fit her again now that she is getting taller and slimmer.